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Disney Frozen: Anna & Elsa #1
All Hail the Queen
Princess Anna, Queen Elsa, Olaf the snowman, and the rest of the stars from Disney Frozen are back in an all-new magical chapter book series that is perfect for girls ages 6 to 9. Now that the castle gates are open, Anna and Elsa are thrilled to be finally getting to know their kingdom. Anna bubbles with enthusiasm for all the things to do and the people to meet in Arendelle, and Elsa loves using her magic to help the town. But sometimes even a queen needs a day off.
124 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2015
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April 27, 2018
my frozen fever continues..
December 31, 2022
“I think the part I like is when Olaf thought the ice was his cousin.”
February 26, 2015
So, I have taken it upon myself to read all the books that my daughter is reading. Not just to content check, but to make sure she's reading it for AR lol.
Anyways, I found this story really dry, even for a children's book. Not just that but the book was littered with grammar errors, poor sentences, and very stilted dialogue. I could've written more realistic dialogue from Anna and Elsa, any parent who has seen the movie a gazillion times with their kids could write Anna and Elsa better than this book. I know that I'm being a bit mean, but if you are a big five pub and you're going to agree to take on a Frozen chapter book series you better buck up and do it justice.
I found that it took until over halfway through the book for the story to really kinda be 'fun'. My daughter even struggled through this and fought me on reading it saying , "This is really boring mom, can I just read something else." I told her it gets better, and she seems to agree once Elsa started using her powers. That is another thing. They almost make her powers seem like a bad thing while trying to 'tell their lesson' I thought the whole point of Frozen was a whole "Baby, I was born this way." deal. I'm not sure how Random House got the rights to write this, I honestly believe if this would've stayed in the hands of Disney Hyperion they would've found someone better to take on this series. I made the mistake of buying book two for my daughter. I think we will be going back to the Equestria Girl's books and NeverGirls.
In summary: Disappointing, stilted, poor grammar that shouldn't be allowed in children's books, and a contradictory 'life lesson' makes this children's series a miss for me. I wouldn't recommend it to fans of Frozen.
*I purchased a copy via my local Barnes and Noble*
Anyways, I found this story really dry, even for a children's book. Not just that but the book was littered with grammar errors, poor sentences, and very stilted dialogue. I could've written more realistic dialogue from Anna and Elsa, any parent who has seen the movie a gazillion times with their kids could write Anna and Elsa better than this book. I know that I'm being a bit mean, but if you are a big five pub and you're going to agree to take on a Frozen chapter book series you better buck up and do it justice.
I found that it took until over halfway through the book for the story to really kinda be 'fun'. My daughter even struggled through this and fought me on reading it saying , "This is really boring mom, can I just read something else." I told her it gets better, and she seems to agree once Elsa started using her powers. That is another thing. They almost make her powers seem like a bad thing while trying to 'tell their lesson' I thought the whole point of Frozen was a whole "Baby, I was born this way." deal. I'm not sure how Random House got the rights to write this, I honestly believe if this would've stayed in the hands of Disney Hyperion they would've found someone better to take on this series. I made the mistake of buying book two for my daughter. I think we will be going back to the Equestria Girl's books and NeverGirls.
In summary: Disappointing, stilted, poor grammar that shouldn't be allowed in children's books, and a contradictory 'life lesson' makes this children's series a miss for me. I wouldn't recommend it to fans of Frozen.
*I purchased a copy via my local Barnes and Noble*
March 7, 2019
My daughter read this to me and it’s counting for my Materials for Children class. This was cute! It was fun to be with the Frozen characters and following a different storyline. My daughter also loved it!
April 29, 2021
Ceritanya singkat sih. Elsa sbg Ratu kecapekan krn melayani banyaknya request dari rakyatnya dan gak bisa istirahat, boro² libur. Anna sbg adik tentu saja prihatin dgn kesehatan kakaknya ini. Jadi dia mengatur jadwal Elsa yg padat sehingga mrk ada wkt luang bersama.
Gambar ilustrasinya cakep, tapi utk cerita sih mnrt saya biasa saja. Nothing special. Inti ceritanya adalah sesibuk apapun kita hrs memperhatikan juga diri sendiri. And take care for your loving sister is very nice 👍.
Gambar ilustrasinya cakep, tapi utk cerita sih mnrt saya biasa saja. Nothing special. Inti ceritanya adalah sesibuk apapun kita hrs memperhatikan juga diri sendiri. And take care for your loving sister is very nice 👍.
February 2, 2015
Actual rating: 2.5
I was really excited to see Disney planning a line of Frozen chapter books! I thought they'd be perfect to use for school for reading group and before rest time, and while I certainly can use them, I'm conflicted on this book.
The writing is blah. It's not awful but it's not great. The story, at first, seemed really random and I thought a couple of times "What is this book actually going to be about? It's called All Hail the Queen.... so what is going to happen to merit that title because this is just nonsense." And then it eventually started clicking together and created a cohesive storyline.
I felt the character portrayal was pretty on for the most part. All in all, it was a pretty cute book. I wish the writing could be a little more rich, but the illustrations are cute and it's a pretty fast read. Kids who love Frozen will no doubt love these. I'm sure the kids at my school will.
I was really excited to see Disney planning a line of Frozen chapter books! I thought they'd be perfect to use for school for reading group and before rest time, and while I certainly can use them, I'm conflicted on this book.
The writing is blah. It's not awful but it's not great. The story, at first, seemed really random and I thought a couple of times "What is this book actually going to be about? It's called All Hail the Queen.... so what is going to happen to merit that title because this is just nonsense." And then it eventually started clicking together and created a cohesive storyline.
I felt the character portrayal was pretty on for the most part. All in all, it was a pretty cute book. I wish the writing could be a little more rich, but the illustrations are cute and it's a pretty fast read. Kids who love Frozen will no doubt love these. I'm sure the kids at my school will.
April 22, 2025
I liked it because Anna and Elsa stay together! Family bonding!
June 28, 2021
I do really like Frozen and Elsa in general (I'm generally obsessed with Frozen 2 xD), so I dislike rating anything Frozen less than 3 stars, but this one is a solid 2/5 for me. I found the writing to be a bit two-dimensional and bland and well yes, obviously it is a short story aimed at children, same as many other Frozen comics I've read this year, but I do think the characterization could be a bit better anyway. However, that isn't the reason why I gave this a 2.
The main reason is that its treatment of social class and monarchy, a general pet peeve I personally have with Disney in general, is particularly atrocious in this story. I kept mentally ranting at the ebook nearly every single page because my gods, it's terrible. And the fact that it's a short story aimed at children kinda makes it worse, because well, making something 'easier' for children to read means that the writing style and the storyline are generally more simple to follow, it doesn't mean that they should be learning about backward gender roles (not an issue in this story, Frozen actually was a big improvement in this respect, thankfully), or about romanticized ideas of monarchy and class imbalance (which is a Disney trend). More of this below, because wow did this book deliver on this respect.
This review contains spoilers
+1 The story has sisterly female bonding going on and Elsa's icy powers appear, two of my fave Frozen things. But that was pretty much it :S
-1 But even when it comes to Elsa's powers the story showcased them as wrong, in a way! Like, Elsa tries to make the villagers like her (or rather, does her job as queen for a couple of days until she falls ill from the exhaustion :S) by helping them out with her powers (the villagers themselves ask for her powers specifically for various needs), and Anna insists that she's exerting herself too much and that she should offer alternative solutions without using her powers so that the villagers like her for what she really is, not just her powers. But isn't the general idea of Frozen that Elsa learns to accept and love herself as she is, and hopes that Arendelle will do that as well, and a sizeable part of who she is *are* her magical powers, which she has had to repress and hide for so long?? To say that her powers don't define her is almost like the opposite thing, because that's like the main symbolism in the whole Elsa arch :S.
-1 And the social class issue. I'm just gonna list a few examples of how it goes in this story:
-Elsa and Anna are royals living in a huge castle with servants and minimal obligations, right? Well, Anna spends the whole story being a quite insufferable entitled brat (I generally quite like her in the movies, but wow I couldn't stand her here :S). She insists that Elsa works too hard in her role as queen and should take a lot more time off to be with her and go on picnics and adventures and gallivant in the village eating sweets for free.
Elsa wants to be more focused on 'helping' the villagers to come to ask her for help in the audience hall (it's rather called doing your job, but hey, royals need to feel good about themselves by saying they're helping the poor peasants out, I guess). But Anna keeps enabling her to 'take more time off' and go off with her on picnics, visits to local bakeries, and so on, because they need to bond and stuff and she works too much (yay for female bonding, but how entitled can you be lol). At the end, Anna decides on the following timetable: Elsa does her job as queen (aka listens to the needs of the locals) for 3 days a week, and the rest of them they have 24/7 free time to do all the fun things in Anna's bucket list. Um.
-Anna spends the whole story insisting on the idea that Elsa is exhausted for minimally doing her job as Queen for a couple of days, right, so she needs a lot of breaks from you know, her glorified royal job (why do we have royals again? I question this notion everyday). So, she says, 'she has given the villagers the day off' *so that the Queen can rest*. Oooh, the benevolent princess has given the villagers the day off in spite of them not being able to do that because they have to work daily for a freaking living, be they shop owners, merchants, ice gatherers, sewists or what have you! And do you know what Elsa replies to this? Literally that 'The villagers don't need a day off' (but, Anna, says, Elsa totally does because she worked herself to exhaution 2 days while helping them out in the audience hall with her powers). I was just facepalming so hard at that moment. The royals who live in a castle with servants and nice clothes and food they don't have to sweat for are saying the villagers who work daily for a living don't need a day off! Do they even have days off, then?? Seriously, WTF. Am I the only one who thinks children shouldn't think these concepts are OK??
-There's also this emphasis on the fact that the villagers keep queuing up in the audience hall to ask Elsa to use her powers to help them with various things, and they frame this, I kid you not, as if the villagers are exhausting Elsa by asking her favour after favour all day, but she doesn't want to say no because she doesn't want to let them down. So it's almost like the Queen is doing them 'favours' and being super benevolent by wanting to 'help them out' (it's her job!) while the villagers are being too 'greedy' and 'taking advantage of her' because she has magical powers....I don't know, the setting was really, really cringy for me, the fact that these villages don't only *not* need a day off, apparently, but they're also exerting their Queen with their uncontrolled wishes to help them have working plumbing systems, iceboxes and efficient transportation. How greedy working classes are! (but not the royals living in actual castles).
Like, I get it that Elsa doesn't have a calling for ruling and queendom and tries hard to make people accept her and her powers and so on and forth, and the whole thing is just not for her (she's still privileged af because of her social class status and position, tho). But this sends a whole different message. And Anna's supposed to be way more into caring about the ruling parts and the village, so much more that she ends up being the queen in Frozen 2, but that most certainly doesn't show here at all either.
-They do mention that Elsa has been working on some plans for a more functional plumbing system and she offers that as an alternative solution to her magic (yeah, that theme) near the end of the story. Which involves she, the Queen, in her dress, and Anna, the princess (also in her royal clothes, I guess), actually working elbow deep in setting it up. What? Like, yes, we have magic in this universe, so why am I talking about things being realistic xD, but talk about realistic. This is extra cringy because it's one of the classic Disney moves glorifying just how good royals and rich people are, willing to dirt their hands and clothes *one day* (mind you) so that the whole village cheers for them and all the things they do for them (it's.their.freaking.job and it comes with a hugely unfair class imbalance all the same!). And so the royals work hard one day, and gain the everlasting adoration of their subjects and all is well, and we continue to romanticize the redundant institution that is monarchy and the social class imbalances. In stories for children of the 21st Century.
-But this is not all. I'm not letting this go (lol) just yet. Because a major storyline of this book is Anna taking Elsa on fun outings, like I said, and these involve the whole team (Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff also appears) literally messing everything up for the hard working locals. And of course, because they're the royals, the locals laugh it off, and actually thank them in adoration when they "help them" out of messes *they themselves created in the first place* by butting into working people's businesses!! This was so frustrating to read.
Like, they get pastries and desserts for free in a bakery (because the royals get everything for free, of course, paired with special treatment in everything, salutations and adoration). And then they dabble in trying out what it is to be a baker (for a day, mind you) and Anna - who's just too obnoxious in this story, complete with loud belchs wtf :S - freaking destroys the whole kitchen. But the baker, although rightfully angry, has to laugh it off because it's Anna, the princess, and she's so charming and good with people no one can stay mad at her anyway!
This trend continues a lot. Elsa accidentally makes a fisherman drop all his fish on the ground, and then the fisherman has to literally thank her for helping him to pick them up instead of her being angry at him for being in her way (wtf). They also make a huge mess at the ice gatherers' and go on a lot of stupid shenanigans trying to 'help them out' (maybe don't interfere in the first place with people who are working for a living) until Elsa realizes she can easily do so with her powers. Cue all the cheers and adoration from the ice gatherers, and Elsa the day afterwards still feeling the high of having 'helped' them save the day's work, conveniently forgetting that she and her friends were the initial reason why they nearly lost a day's work. And so on and forth. Also, isn't Kristoff supposed to be a professional ice gatherer? Because he sure seemed pretty inept at it in this story :S xD Like, they favoured *Olaf* trying to lift heavy ice blocks (and obviously failing) as a first option over Kristoff or Elsa doing it! Where are everyone's brain cells?
-And finally, there's this scene when Anna is having a picnic with several female friends, who are middle class (daughters of merchants, farmers, etc), and said friends are commenting on how Anna lives on a big palace with servants and probably doesn't even have to make her bed ever (I mean, true), and how that's amazing (can we stop glorifying monarchy and high aristocracy as the ultimate goals thanks). And Anna retorts with something along the lines of 'It's not the house that counts, it's the people that live in it' (aka 'I don't have it better than you' in that respect, I guess). Sure thing, Anna, sure thing, keep on not being aware of your privilege. Sigh.
So yeah, this wasn't a lot of fun. I'm really hoping the rest of short Frozen stories are not like this :S
The main reason is that its treatment of social class and monarchy, a general pet peeve I personally have with Disney in general, is particularly atrocious in this story. I kept mentally ranting at the ebook nearly every single page because my gods, it's terrible. And the fact that it's a short story aimed at children kinda makes it worse, because well, making something 'easier' for children to read means that the writing style and the storyline are generally more simple to follow, it doesn't mean that they should be learning about backward gender roles (not an issue in this story, Frozen actually was a big improvement in this respect, thankfully), or about romanticized ideas of monarchy and class imbalance (which is a Disney trend). More of this below, because wow did this book deliver on this respect.
This review contains spoilers
+1 The story has sisterly female bonding going on and Elsa's icy powers appear, two of my fave Frozen things. But that was pretty much it :S
-1 But even when it comes to Elsa's powers the story showcased them as wrong, in a way! Like, Elsa tries to make the villagers like her (or rather, does her job as queen for a couple of days until she falls ill from the exhaustion :S) by helping them out with her powers (the villagers themselves ask for her powers specifically for various needs), and Anna insists that she's exerting herself too much and that she should offer alternative solutions without using her powers so that the villagers like her for what she really is, not just her powers. But isn't the general idea of Frozen that Elsa learns to accept and love herself as she is, and hopes that Arendelle will do that as well, and a sizeable part of who she is *are* her magical powers, which she has had to repress and hide for so long?? To say that her powers don't define her is almost like the opposite thing, because that's like the main symbolism in the whole Elsa arch :S.
-1 And the social class issue. I'm just gonna list a few examples of how it goes in this story:
-Elsa and Anna are royals living in a huge castle with servants and minimal obligations, right? Well, Anna spends the whole story being a quite insufferable entitled brat (I generally quite like her in the movies, but wow I couldn't stand her here :S). She insists that Elsa works too hard in her role as queen and should take a lot more time off to be with her and go on picnics and adventures and gallivant in the village eating sweets for free.
Elsa wants to be more focused on 'helping' the villagers to come to ask her for help in the audience hall (it's rather called doing your job, but hey, royals need to feel good about themselves by saying they're helping the poor peasants out, I guess). But Anna keeps enabling her to 'take more time off' and go off with her on picnics, visits to local bakeries, and so on, because they need to bond and stuff and she works too much (yay for female bonding, but how entitled can you be lol). At the end, Anna decides on the following timetable: Elsa does her job as queen (aka listens to the needs of the locals) for 3 days a week, and the rest of them they have 24/7 free time to do all the fun things in Anna's bucket list. Um.
-Anna spends the whole story insisting on the idea that Elsa is exhausted for minimally doing her job as Queen for a couple of days, right, so she needs a lot of breaks from you know, her glorified royal job (why do we have royals again? I question this notion everyday). So, she says, 'she has given the villagers the day off' *so that the Queen can rest*. Oooh, the benevolent princess has given the villagers the day off in spite of them not being able to do that because they have to work daily for a freaking living, be they shop owners, merchants, ice gatherers, sewists or what have you! And do you know what Elsa replies to this? Literally that 'The villagers don't need a day off' (but, Anna, says, Elsa totally does because she worked herself to exhaution 2 days while helping them out in the audience hall with her powers). I was just facepalming so hard at that moment. The royals who live in a castle with servants and nice clothes and food they don't have to sweat for are saying the villagers who work daily for a living don't need a day off! Do they even have days off, then?? Seriously, WTF. Am I the only one who thinks children shouldn't think these concepts are OK??
-There's also this emphasis on the fact that the villagers keep queuing up in the audience hall to ask Elsa to use her powers to help them with various things, and they frame this, I kid you not, as if the villagers are exhausting Elsa by asking her favour after favour all day, but she doesn't want to say no because she doesn't want to let them down. So it's almost like the Queen is doing them 'favours' and being super benevolent by wanting to 'help them out' (it's her job!) while the villagers are being too 'greedy' and 'taking advantage of her' because she has magical powers....I don't know, the setting was really, really cringy for me, the fact that these villages don't only *not* need a day off, apparently, but they're also exerting their Queen with their uncontrolled wishes to help them have working plumbing systems, iceboxes and efficient transportation. How greedy working classes are! (but not the royals living in actual castles).
Like, I get it that Elsa doesn't have a calling for ruling and queendom and tries hard to make people accept her and her powers and so on and forth, and the whole thing is just not for her (she's still privileged af because of her social class status and position, tho). But this sends a whole different message. And Anna's supposed to be way more into caring about the ruling parts and the village, so much more that she ends up being the queen in Frozen 2, but that most certainly doesn't show here at all either.
-They do mention that Elsa has been working on some plans for a more functional plumbing system and she offers that as an alternative solution to her magic (yeah, that theme) near the end of the story. Which involves she, the Queen, in her dress, and Anna, the princess (also in her royal clothes, I guess), actually working elbow deep in setting it up. What? Like, yes, we have magic in this universe, so why am I talking about things being realistic xD, but talk about realistic. This is extra cringy because it's one of the classic Disney moves glorifying just how good royals and rich people are, willing to dirt their hands and clothes *one day* (mind you) so that the whole village cheers for them and all the things they do for them (it's.their.freaking.job and it comes with a hugely unfair class imbalance all the same!). And so the royals work hard one day, and gain the everlasting adoration of their subjects and all is well, and we continue to romanticize the redundant institution that is monarchy and the social class imbalances. In stories for children of the 21st Century.
-But this is not all. I'm not letting this go (lol) just yet. Because a major storyline of this book is Anna taking Elsa on fun outings, like I said, and these involve the whole team (Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff also appears) literally messing everything up for the hard working locals. And of course, because they're the royals, the locals laugh it off, and actually thank them in adoration when they "help them" out of messes *they themselves created in the first place* by butting into working people's businesses!! This was so frustrating to read.
Like, they get pastries and desserts for free in a bakery (because the royals get everything for free, of course, paired with special treatment in everything, salutations and adoration). And then they dabble in trying out what it is to be a baker (for a day, mind you) and Anna - who's just too obnoxious in this story, complete with loud belchs wtf :S - freaking destroys the whole kitchen. But the baker, although rightfully angry, has to laugh it off because it's Anna, the princess, and she's so charming and good with people no one can stay mad at her anyway!
This trend continues a lot. Elsa accidentally makes a fisherman drop all his fish on the ground, and then the fisherman has to literally thank her for helping him to pick them up instead of her being angry at him for being in her way (wtf). They also make a huge mess at the ice gatherers' and go on a lot of stupid shenanigans trying to 'help them out' (maybe don't interfere in the first place with people who are working for a living) until Elsa realizes she can easily do so with her powers. Cue all the cheers and adoration from the ice gatherers, and Elsa the day afterwards still feeling the high of having 'helped' them save the day's work, conveniently forgetting that she and her friends were the initial reason why they nearly lost a day's work. And so on and forth. Also, isn't Kristoff supposed to be a professional ice gatherer? Because he sure seemed pretty inept at it in this story :S xD Like, they favoured *Olaf* trying to lift heavy ice blocks (and obviously failing) as a first option over Kristoff or Elsa doing it! Where are everyone's brain cells?
-And finally, there's this scene when Anna is having a picnic with several female friends, who are middle class (daughters of merchants, farmers, etc), and said friends are commenting on how Anna lives on a big palace with servants and probably doesn't even have to make her bed ever (I mean, true), and how that's amazing (can we stop glorifying monarchy and high aristocracy as the ultimate goals thanks). And Anna retorts with something along the lines of 'It's not the house that counts, it's the people that live in it' (aka 'I don't have it better than you' in that respect, I guess). Sure thing, Anna, sure thing, keep on not being aware of your privilege. Sigh.
So yeah, this wasn't a lot of fun. I'm really hoping the rest of short Frozen stories are not like this :S
January 6, 2017
Cute, fun, true to the movie...the Frozen expanded universe is a blast.
August 6, 2020
Yes I am 20 and absolutely love Frozen (meant for ages 6-9).
May 7, 2022
a cute early chapter book that I co read with my oldest. We had fun reading the stories and they are sweet and light.
Great for emerging readers and kids ready to start reading chapter books on their own.
Fun to see our favorite Frozen characters in new stories. Fun illustrations throughout. Good morals at the end and great family relationships.
We would like to read more of these!
Great for emerging readers and kids ready to start reading chapter books on their own.
Fun to see our favorite Frozen characters in new stories. Fun illustrations throughout. Good morals at the end and great family relationships.
We would like to read more of these!
May 4, 2021
The little one loved this book. I immediately hopped on the library site to reserve more of these.
February 3, 2023
I like the part where Elsa finds a way to help others without using magic 🦄👍💕
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March 6, 2025📖
I usually don’t log books I ready to my kids on here but maybe I’ll start?
I usually don’t log books I ready to my kids on here but maybe I’ll start?
August 24, 2025
Um ótimo livro para quem está a iniciar as leituras 😊
Eu com já li outro tipo de livros achei o neste momento um pouco infatil😁 pôr isso ter dado 3⭐
Eu com já li outro tipo de livros achei o neste momento um pouco infatil😁 pôr isso ter dado 3⭐
December 15, 2018
Cute continuation of the movie. Shows Elsa bonding with her people. Has great vocabulary words for young readers, as well as important themes of helping others and self care.
January 20, 2015
This is a chapter book featuring Anna and Elsa and is set after the events in the film, “Frozen.” Anna has a list of “Things to Do in Arendelle,” which she has been keeping ever since Elsa became Queen. Number three of her list is for her and Elsa to try “Florian’s Famous Flangendorfers” – the most delicious desert in Arendelle.” However, Elsa has a lot of work to do. It is a difficult job being Queen – how can she manage to look after her people and still spend time with Anna?
With 123 pages and ten chapters, this is a wonderful chapter book for all Frozen fans. It has great black and white illustrations, lots of familiar characters, such as Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, but – best of all – it has a new adventure, rather than just re-telling the film story. My daughter adored this and it is ideal for both confident readers to read alone, or to be read aloud at bedtime. There is also a second book, “Memory and Magic.”
With 123 pages and ten chapters, this is a wonderful chapter book for all Frozen fans. It has great black and white illustrations, lots of familiar characters, such as Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, but – best of all – it has a new adventure, rather than just re-telling the film story. My daughter adored this and it is ideal for both confident readers to read alone, or to be read aloud at bedtime. There is also a second book, “Memory and Magic.”
November 1, 2016
Eli Eläköön kuningatar!
Nappasin kirjan lukaistavaksi, vaikka ekaluokkalaiset tytöt melkein repi tämän käsistä. Lupasin palauttaa seuraavana päivänä ja pistin varauslistan kuumenemaan :).
Sitä saa mitä tilaa, ja Disneyn leffoihin perustuvat lukuromaanit eivät ole kirjallisesti huonoimmasta päästä. Höttöä, mutta kielellisesti hyvää ja jos haluaisin olla armollinen, kirjoittaisin että tässä on tärkeä aihe: työuupumus ja omien rajojen sekä jaksamisen tunnistamisen tärkeys.
Nyt juoksen palauttamaan kirjan ja teen jonkun seiskavuotiaan toooooosi onnelliseksi <3.
Nappasin kirjan lukaistavaksi, vaikka ekaluokkalaiset tytöt melkein repi tämän käsistä. Lupasin palauttaa seuraavana päivänä ja pistin varauslistan kuumenemaan :).
Sitä saa mitä tilaa, ja Disneyn leffoihin perustuvat lukuromaanit eivät ole kirjallisesti huonoimmasta päästä. Höttöä, mutta kielellisesti hyvää ja jos haluaisin olla armollinen, kirjoittaisin että tässä on tärkeä aihe: työuupumus ja omien rajojen sekä jaksamisen tunnistamisen tärkeys.
Nyt juoksen palauttamaan kirjan ja teen jonkun seiskavuotiaan toooooosi onnelliseksi <3.
January 22, 2015
Obviously, this book is not the most challenging thing for a college student to read, but it is a nice, sweet story. I definitely liked reading something that was just short, nice, and fun. The illustrations are well-drawn 2-D adaptations of the characters, and it is definitely ideal for readers of any age. (I'd say maybe 4 or 5 is best.)
June 11, 2015
I thought this book was very interesting. I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. Other Frozen books are the same story that the movie told. Not this one. This story is after what happened in the movie. Some small characters from the movie, appear again in this story. This book was told in third person. IT WAS A GREAT BOOK!!!!!!
March 3, 2015
Just for some winter reading fun. A cute read so I can share the discussion with the younger family members... and I love Olaf.
March 30, 2020
This book is fun, and it makes me hungry at certain parts. make sure you have sweets with you when you read this book. at least t the part.
December 23, 2018
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A wonderful new Frozen story featuring Anna and Elsa. I loved the themes of helping others, sisterly love, and taking time for yourself. Great book that helps teach a balance of doing things for others without overexerting yourself.
The book also features splendid black-and-white illustrations. I liked that the pictures were made specifically for this book, rather than just utilizing the stills of the characters that are featured on much of the Frozen merchandise out there.
I picked this up from the library as a quick, feel-good read and it. I am also reading a book I don't really like so this was a nice book to remind myself why I enjoy reading between chunks of the other not-so-good book, which I'm over halfway done with already and just want to push through it. This was a perfect story to help break up the boring book.
There were a few teeny tiny plots holes that kind of grated on me. At one point Elsa and Oaken design an ice room for his trading post and make plans for Elsa to come to help him build it the next day. Then it is never mentioned again. Did she go? Was the room built? What happened with Oaken? Nothing too major but just a few plot lines that were not followed through.
Still a very good book. I also got the second book in the series from the library and I am excited to read it as well and continue the series. Loving it so far.
A wonderful new Frozen story featuring Anna and Elsa. I loved the themes of helping others, sisterly love, and taking time for yourself. Great book that helps teach a balance of doing things for others without overexerting yourself.
The book also features splendid black-and-white illustrations. I liked that the pictures were made specifically for this book, rather than just utilizing the stills of the characters that are featured on much of the Frozen merchandise out there.
I picked this up from the library as a quick, feel-good read and it. I am also reading a book I don't really like so this was a nice book to remind myself why I enjoy reading between chunks of the other not-so-good book, which I'm over halfway done with already and just want to push through it. This was a perfect story to help break up the boring book.
There were a few teeny tiny plots holes that kind of grated on me. At one point Elsa and Oaken design an ice room for his trading post and make plans for Elsa to come to help him build it the next day. Then it is never mentioned again. Did she go? Was the room built? What happened with Oaken? Nothing too major but just a few plot lines that were not followed through.
Still a very good book. I also got the second book in the series from the library and I am excited to read it as well and continue the series. Loving it so far.
April 12, 2023
"Anna i Elsa. Niech żyje królowa" to prosta historia, której akcja dzieje się po 1 części filmu. Siostry dojrzewają i odkrywają nowe życie, którym nie mogły się cieszyć do tej pory.
Elsa jako młoda królowa ma wiele obowiązków, ale stara się najlepiej jak umie by im sprostać i być wspierającą władczynią dla swoich poddanych. Anna jako lekkoduch zawsze chętnie jej pomaga i rozluźnia atmosferę.
Właśnie o tym jest ta książeczka. Nie ma porywającej akcji, ale opowiada o obowiązkach i radzeniu sobie z presją, o ideałach i wartościach dobrej królowej i siostry, o uczeniu się od siebie nawzajem różnych rzeczy.
Wydanie jest śliczne, a w środku znajduje się troszkę ładnych, czarno-białych ilustracji. Czcionka jest bardzo duża, więc książka idealnie nada się dla dzieci, które już umieją czytać, ale są dopiero na początku swojej czytelniczej przygody 😁
Myślę, że wielu małym fankom Arendelle ta książeczka może się spodobać ❤️
Elsa jako młoda królowa ma wiele obowiązków, ale stara się najlepiej jak umie by im sprostać i być wspierającą władczynią dla swoich poddanych. Anna jako lekkoduch zawsze chętnie jej pomaga i rozluźnia atmosferę.
Właśnie o tym jest ta książeczka. Nie ma porywającej akcji, ale opowiada o obowiązkach i radzeniu sobie z presją, o ideałach i wartościach dobrej królowej i siostry, o uczeniu się od siebie nawzajem różnych rzeczy.
Wydanie jest śliczne, a w środku znajduje się troszkę ładnych, czarno-białych ilustracji. Czcionka jest bardzo duża, więc książka idealnie nada się dla dzieci, które już umieją czytać, ale są dopiero na początku swojej czytelniczej przygody 😁
Myślę, że wielu małym fankom Arendelle ta książeczka może się spodobać ❤️
September 24, 2020
I’m reading through the first three books in this series as part of the read-aloud program I put together for my five year-old. She’s obsessed with the Frozen princesses and really enjoys these. These books are simple enough and the chapters are just the right length to be able to read about one chapter per day without losing her attention. The writing here is nothing incredible, but it’s entertaining enough for little ones and simple enough for them to understand.
One of the critiques I have is that the binding seems to be terrible on all of these books. I’m not sure if we got a bad batch, or if they’re just cheaply done, but ours keep having entire chapters fall out! They also have metallic accents on the covers which flakes off in little pieces sometimes. The writing itself is ok and the story is engaging; the quality of the physical book, however, is sub-par.
One of the critiques I have is that the binding seems to be terrible on all of these books. I’m not sure if we got a bad batch, or if they’re just cheaply done, but ours keep having entire chapters fall out! They also have metallic accents on the covers which flakes off in little pieces sometimes. The writing itself is ok and the story is engaging; the quality of the physical book, however, is sub-par.
March 23, 2019
Keeping in mind that this is a children's book, I would say it's decent, but still lacks in the overall story. It's a good transition for young readers looking to go from picture books to novels or word-only reading. It is a book with chapters and a story that for the most part has characters and a storyline that requires attention from start to end. I was even impressed by the vocabulary used in the book. However, the story itself leaves a lot to be desired. It doesn't really get interesting until the middle of the books and the whole first half could basically be cut out, as it really just seems like a filler and isn't necessary for the actual story or plot.
February 7, 2023
Very disappointed the title isn't a pun.
One of the better Frozen chapter books I've read thus far. All of the characterization is well done, I think. Aside from one part where Elsa totally SHOULD have used her powers but didn't. It even manages to have Olaf get into trouble without being annoying, which is more than I can say for that On Thin Ice book.
Still nothing spectacular (which is to be expected since it's a baby book), but I actually have hope for this little book series.
One of the better Frozen chapter books I've read thus far. All of the characterization is well done, I think. Aside from one part where Elsa totally SHOULD have used her powers but didn't. It even manages to have Olaf get into trouble without being annoying, which is more than I can say for that On Thin Ice book.
Still nothing spectacular (which is to be expected since it's a baby book), but I actually have hope for this little book series.
August 14, 2024
I know this is a children's book, but I honestly found this a fascinating read following the first Frozen movie. It's of course aimed for children so the story is simple and predictable, but the emotional issues that Elsa has to deal with in how to use her powers fairly while being queen is super interesting! I think I may have enjoyed it more than my kids. :P
This is also the first chapter book I read out loud all the way through with B, so that's fun too. :)
This is also the first chapter book I read out loud all the way through with B, so that's fun too. :)
February 17, 2018
This book is sweet and cute, and it's a good choice for kids who are old for picture books and young for more complex novels.
It's an easy and enjoyable reading with humour and a lot of sisterly love. As an adult Frozen fan, I love it because it's true to the characters. Also, it has positive messages through the story and makes you feel fluffy. The illustrations are lovely.
It's an easy and enjoyable reading with humour and a lot of sisterly love. As an adult Frozen fan, I love it because it's true to the characters. Also, it has positive messages through the story and makes you feel fluffy. The illustrations are lovely.
November 16, 2023
Read-by-myself Ages: 8-10
Parent Rating: 1/5
6-Year-Old Girl Rating: 2/5
DNF
This book was too hard for my 6-year-old to read by herself. Honestly, it had some words in it that I struggled with as an educated, grown adult.
The story was dry and, well, boring. Neither of us wanted to finish it.
Would not recommend.
Parent Rating: 1/5
6-Year-Old Girl Rating: 2/5
DNF
This book was too hard for my 6-year-old to read by herself. Honestly, it had some words in it that I struggled with as an educated, grown adult.
The story was dry and, well, boring. Neither of us wanted to finish it.
Would not recommend.
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